Friday, 4 April 2025

Whale pee is a critical part of ocean ecosystems

quote [ "Whales are bringing in, we estimate, about 4,000 tons of nitrogen per year. We also had about 4,000 tons of biomass coming from Alaska to Hawaii every year."
[…]
"Right whale feces is one of the strongest smelling and most challenging feces to collect and analyze of any species that I've found. Whale pee? We more watch it than collect it." ]

Interesting interview on collecting whale statistics.
[SFW] [environment & nature] [+2]
[by Paracetamol@7:58amGMT]

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